Acts

Chapter 13

1Now there were at Antioch, in the church there, prophets and teachers, Barnabas, and Symeon who was named Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, a relation of Herod the king, and Saul.2And while they were doing the Lord's work, and going without food, the Holy Spirit said, Let Barnabas and Saul be given to me for the special work for which they have been marked out by me.3Then, after prayer and going without food they put their hands on them, and sent them away.4So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia; and from there they went by ship to Cyprus.5And at Salamis they were preaching the word of God in the Synagogues of the Jews: and John was with them, helping them.6And when they had gone through all the island to Paphos, they came across a certain wonder-worker and false prophet, a Jew whose name was Bar-Jesus;7Who was with the ruler, Sergius Paulus, an able man. This man sent for Barnabas and Saul, desiring to have knowledge of the word of God.8But Elymas, the wonder-worker (for that is the sense of his name), put himself against them, with the purpose of turning the ruler from the faith.9But Saul, whose other name is Paul, being full of the Holy Spirit, looking hard at him, said,10O you, who are full of false tricks and evil ways, a son of the Evil One, hating all righteousness, will you for ever be turning people from the right ways of the Lord?11And now, see, the hand of the Lord is on you, and you will be blind and not able to see the sun for a time. And straight away a dark mist came down on him; and he went about looking for a guide.12Then the ruler, when he saw what was done, had faith, being full of wonder at the teaching of the Lord.13Then Paul and those who were with him went by ship from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia: and there John went away from them and came back to Jerusalem.14But they, going through from Perga, came to Antioch in Pisidia; and they went into the Synagogue on the Sabbath and were seated.15And after the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the Synagogue sent to them, saying, Brothers, if you have a word of comfort for the people, say on.16And Paul, getting up and making a sign with his hand, said, Men of Israel, and you who have the fear of God, give ear.17The God of this people Israel made selection of our fathers, lifting the people up from their low condition when they were living in the land of Egypt, and with a strong arm took them out of it.18And for about forty years he put up with their ways in the waste land.19And having put to destruction seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them the land for their heritage for about four hundred and fifty years.20And after these things he gave them judges, till the time of Samuel the prophet.21Then at their request for a king, God gave them Saul, the son of Kish, a man of the family of Benjamin, who was their king for forty years.22And having put him on one side, he made David their king, to whom he gave witness, saying, I have taken David, the son of Jesse, a man dear to my heart, who will do all my pleasure.23From this man's seed has God given to Israel a Saviour, even Jesus, as he gave his word;24For whose coming John made ready the way by preaching to all the people of Israel the baptism which goes with a change of heart.25And when John was completing his work, he said, What do I seem to you to be? I am not he; but one is coming after me, whose shoes I am not good enough to undo.26My brothers, children of the family of Abraham, and those among you who have the fear of God, to us the word of this salvation is sent.27For the men of Jerusalem and their rulers, having no knowledge of him, or of the sayings of the prophets which come to their ears every Sabbath day, gave effect to them by judging him.28And though no cause of death was seen in him, they made a request to Pilate that he might be put to death.29And when they had done all the things said in the Writings about him, they took him down from the tree, and put him in the place of the dead.30But God gave him back from the dead:31And for a number of days he was seen by those who came with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses before the people.32And we are giving you the good news of the undertaking made to the fathers,33Which God has now put into effect for our children, by sending Jesus; as it says in the second Psalm, You are my Son; this day I have given you being.34And about his coming back from the dead, never again to go to destruction, he has said these words, I will give you the holy and certain mercies of David.35Because he says in another Psalm, You will not let your Holy One see destruction.36Now David, having done God's work for his generation, went to sleep, and was put with his fathers, and his body came to destruction:37But he, who was lifted up by God, did not see destruction.38And so, let it be clear to you, my brothers, that through this man forgiveness of sins is offered to you:39And through him everyone who has faith is made free from all those things, from which the law of Moses was not able to make you free.40So take care that these words of the prophets do not come true for you;41See, you doubters, have wonder and come to your end; for I will do a thing in your days to which you will not give belief, even if it is made clear to you.42And when they went out, they made a request that these words might be said to them again on the Sabbath after.43Now when the meeting was ended, a number of the Jews and of the God-fearing Gentiles who had become Jews, went after Paul and Barnabas: who put before them how important it was to keep on in the grace of God.44And on the Sabbath after, almost all the town came together to give hearing to the word of God.45But when the Jews saw such a great number of people, they were full of envy and said evil words against Paul's preaching.46Then Paul and Barnabas without fear said, It was necessary for the word of God to be given to you first; but because you will have nothing to do with it, and have no desire for eternal life, it will now be offered to the Gentiles.47For so the Lord has given us orders, saying, I have given you for a light to the Gentiles so that you may be for salvation to the ends of the earth.48And the Gentiles, hearing this, were glad and gave glory to the word of God: and those marked out by God for eternal life had faith.49And the word of the Lord went through all the country.50But the Jews, working up the feelings of the God-fearing women of high position and of the chief men of the town, got an attack started against Paul and Barnabas, driving them out of those parts.51But they, shaking off the dust of that place from their feet, came to Iconium.52And the disciples were full of joy and of the Holy Spirit.